Fishing trolley sinker



' Feb. 26 1935. A HN ON 1,992,619

FISHING TROLLEY smmn Filed May 3, 1934 Patented Feb. 26, 1935 v I 1 1 V v K UNITED STATES OFF-ICE I 1,992,619 Q I FISHING TROLLEY SINKEB."

Adolph N; Johnson, Chicago,- Ill.

H Application May 1934,. Serial No. 723,629v 3 Claims. (01-. 43-27) This invention relates toimprovements infishlaterallyto or removed from the associated trolley ing trolley sinkers and it consists of the'matters line;

hereinafter described and ,more particularly Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view pointed out in the appended claims. through the device on an enlarged. scale as taken The device with which my invention more on the line. 22 of Fig. 1; and. 5.;-

particularly concerned is of the kind adapted to Fig. 3 is a per'spe ctive viewon an enlarged scale be engaged on an anchored trolley line to carry of a certain pivoted. arm'embodied'in the device afishing line usually provided with a plurality for openingor closing one side of the associated of hooks, out to. the desired location in the trolley wheel supporting yoke.

water being fished. Such a device generally in- Referring now in detail to that embodiment of. 10;

cludes a weighted body with an eye to which the. the invention illustrated in the accompanying fishing line is attached and such a device also indrawing: V cludes a plurality of trolley wheels for running on 1 indicates the sinker of the device in the form the trolley line. Generally, the device is .applied of an elongated body of metal to give it the 'delaterally to engage the wheels on the trolleylin'e sired weight. Ordinarily such abody is made of 15 and the trolley wheel yokes are each made to'open castor moulded lead. At each end the body is at oneside to permit such lateral engagement. provided withian eye 2,. either one of which may In such devices as heretofore made, the arm be used in'tying a fishingxzline 3 thereto. The" which closes the openside of the yoke, aftera body which tapers towardsboth, ends includes short period of use .would become loose and would a relatively thin keel-like rib 4 on its bottom 9- open under wave action, to the greatannoyan'ce which prevents undue lateral swaying of the of the user. v bodywhen traveling on the associated trolley One of the objects of the present invention is to line 5.

provide. a device of this kind which includes a Rising from the top side of the body near each simple but improved means for holding the yoke end is a yoke 6. v Each, yoke includes an arm I 5 in its closed positionyso that the device cannot at one side which is bent into an. inverted U- accidently come off the trolley line and which shaped top loop 8 that includes a downwardly means may be readily manipulated toopen the extending arm 9. In said loop is located a grooved yoke for removal of the device from the trolley trolley wheel 10 that is journalled on a pin 11 linewhen so. desired. extending between saidarms. Each yoke also 30-.-

Another object of the invention is to provide a includes a relatively short upstanding arm 12 device of this kind wherein the yoke includes a suitably fixed to the body and provided at its stationary arm and a pivoted arm to coact theretop end with an upwardly opening recess 13, with in closing the open side of the yoke, the said the side edges of which form opposed shoulders arms having an interengaging tongue and recess as is apparent. The arm 12 is preferably disposed 35 arrangement which prevents such accidental in the plane of the arm 9.

movement of the pivoted arm that will open the 14 indicates a yoke closing member or arm yoke with a probable entanglement of the entire that is pivoted at its top end on the pin 11 outfishing apparatus and a possible loss of the deside the arm 9. The bottom portion 15 is offset vice therefrom. inwardly to bring it into the plane of the arm A further object of the invention is to provide a 12 w i h s d p in the plane of the arm device of this kind which is easy to manipulate The bottom end of the member 14 is made to in applying it to or removing it from a trolley provide a tongue 16 that is curved slightly inline and which device is so simple in construcwardly at its bottom end. Said tongue is of a tion that it may be made and sold at an extreme- Width correspondi to ha Of the ecess 13 and 45 1y low price. is of a length to extend below the bottom of the The above mentioned objects of the invention, rec ss 13 wh n the member s in y k s n as well as the several advantages thereof, will pesitiony means of the Offset portion a more fully appear as I proceed with my specificaslight outward flexing action iS induced in the tion. arm about the bottom edge of the arm 9 as a 50 Inthe drawing: fulcrum so that said member tends to spring Fig. l is a view in side elevation of the improved h y outwerdlydevice, and shows one of the yokes as closed at In applying the device to a trolley line 5, both both sides and shows the other yoke as open at members 14 are swung about the associated pivot one side, in the position so that it may be applied pin 11 into the P i n h wn at the left hand 55 end of Fig. 1, so that each yoke is open at one side. The device is then moved laterally toward the trolley line which will pass through the space between the top end of the arms 12 and the bottom of the trolley wheels 10. With the wheels thus engaged upon the trolley line, the members 14 are swung down into the plane of the arms 12. In this movement of said members the bottom portions 15 thereof are sprung slightly inwardly by thumb pressure so that the tongue 16 thereof, may pass the edge of the arm 12 as it approaches the same. When the tongue reaches the recess 13 in said arm, it will snap or spring into the same so that the edges of the tongue will engage the shoulder-like side edges of the recess. As the tongue is somewhat longer than the recess is deep and as the bottom end of the tongue is bent inwardly as previously described, said tongue cannot pass through the recess but will be stopped in a manner insuring the proper engagement in the recess. This closes the open side of the yoke.

By reason of the tongue and recess arrangement,'the member'14 is held against accidental dislodgment into a position wherein it would be the trolley line, thumb pressure inward onthe bottom end 15 of each member 14 will dislodge the tongue from the recess so that the member may be swung intothe position shown at the left hand end of Fig. l toopen the'associated side of the yoke. Whenboth yokes are open the device may be withdrawn laterally from off the trolley. By the provision of-an-eye at each end of the weight body or sinken either eye may be employed to attach the fishing line'thereto.

construction of the parts thereof, the same is' to be considered only in the illustrative sense,

so that I do not wish to be limited thereto ex- By reason of the keel-like rib 4, the device is more stable in its movement on the trolley line and cept as may be specifically set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device of the kind described embodying therein a weight member, a plurality of yokes connected thereto, a trolley wheel journalled in each yoke, each yoke including at one side thereof, a pivoted yoke closing arm and a stationary arm, one of said arms having a recess between its edges providing oppositely facing shoulders and the other arm having a tongue for disposition in said recess with its side edges engaged with said shoulders, to yieldingly hold the pivoted arm in yoke closing position, said tongue having a length greater than the depth of said recess to prevent saidtongue from passing outwardly through said recess.

2. A device of the kind described embodying therein a weight member, a plurality of yokes connected thereto, a trolley wheel journalled in each yoke, each yoke including at one side thereof an arm fixed to and extending upwardly from the weight memberand formed with a top opening recess and a second arm that is pivoted at'its top end coincident with the axis of the associated trolley wheel, said-pivoted arm having a tongue, a part of which is adapted for engagement in said recess and anotherpart of which extends below the bottom of the recess to prevent the tongue from passing outwardly through said recess.

3. A device of the kind described embodying therein a weight member, a plurality of yokes connected thereto, each yoke including laterally spaced, long and short arms that extend upwardly from the weight member, thelong arm being bent over at its top end to form a loop, the shorter arm having an upwardly opening recess in its top end, a pulley wheel in said loop, a pin pivotally supporting the wheel in said loop, a member pivoted at its top end on said pin and adapted to cooperate with the short arm to close the associated side of the yoke, said member having a tongueat its bottom end for engagement in said recess of said short arm and being of a length greater than the depth-of the recess to extend below the bottom of the same and prevent the tongue from'passing outwardly through 

